Dana Begins Her Speech Against Abortion by Putting Up a Transparency

question 42

Multiple Choice

Dana begins her speech against abortion by putting up a transparency that shows a graphic image of an aborted fetus.Is this an effective opening?

• A)No; she should have opened with a verbal,rather than a visual attention getter.
• B)No; this type of graphic material may disgust and repel the audience.
• C)Yes; this was startling and vivid and got the audience's attention.
• D)Yes; an audience cannot ignore the truth when it is pointed out to them.

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